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Recognised as Colour

#C7DEFD

  • #C7DEFD
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#C7DEFD is a blue with RGB values 199, 222, 253 and HSL 214°, 93%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#C7DEFD#C7DEFD
HEX#C7DEFD
RGBrgb(199, 222, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.8706, 0.9922
RGB percentages78%, 87.1%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(214.4, 93.1%, 88.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(214.4, 21.3%, 99.2%)
CMYK21.3%, 12.3%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,098,749
CSS custom property--colour: #C7DEFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71477WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness219.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.3:1
Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB
Inverted#382102

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D3DFFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#CEDAFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original
Tritanopia#B9E5E8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 9.6Lavender · ΔE 10.2Light blue · ΔE 12.1Powder blue · ΔE 16.2Alice blue · ΔE 16.4Sky blue · ΔE 16.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 9.57, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDE6C7
Analogous#C7F9FD, #CBC7FD
Triadic#FDC7DE, #DEFDC7
Split complementary#FDCBC7, #F9FDC7
Tetradic#FDC7F9, #FDE6C7, #C7FDCB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F8FBFF
Darker −10%#96C1FB
Darker −20%#65A4F9
Darker −30%#3387F8
Darker −40%#096BEF
More saturated +25%#C5DEFF
Less saturated −25%#CEDFF6

Channel breakdown

R199
G222
B253
Red199 (78%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue214.44°
Saturation (HSL)93.1%
Lightness88.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C7 · G DE · B FD

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